Joint rest for railway rails



HJ. WELLS.

JOINT REST FOR RAILWAY RfLlLS.-

APPLIcATloN FILED SEPT. 16, 191e.

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Be it known that` I, .RALPH J. VVnLLs,y a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county off Montgomery and .State ofk Ohio, have invented certain new and luseful Improvements in Joint Rests for Railway Rails, of which the followingA is a specification. n Y

lVly invention relates to railway track construction and more particularly to a the construction of such devices whereby they will not only' be cheapened in construction7 but will be rmore eflicient in use, easilyl installedin existing' track as well as in new track constructions, of maximum strength, safe in operation and unlikely to get out of repair.

While the subject matter hereof is designed particularly as a repair part it is also useful in original installations. It is the common experience that with usage the rail v ends Vare inclinedtoy work loose'r and to un-v duly give or yield, especially under the imferent' points in therespective sides of the,

track. c

` yInasmuch as there .is usually a jar or jolt as a car passes from one rail to another caus- 1 pact of heavy traflic. y The device herein described is in nosense a tie since it is: in-.

tended for installation under but one side of the track. Itk will be understood that the rail oints in the respective sides of the track are usually offset and seldom or never come .opposite each other. Hence the ne 'cessity' for a joint rest or chair occurs at difthe trackage,'a further object of the inventhe ease and comfort of riding.

y With the above primary and other inci-l Y dental. objects in view as will more4 fully ap- Y pear in the'speciiicatioii, the invention con` parts and combinations thereof and the mode sists of' the features of construction, the

of operation or their equivalents as hereinl' after described and set forth in the claims.

Y Referringtothe drawings-'Fig'. l is` a per- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

ngmor'e or less noise and deterioration of` 'Outrigger arms 8.

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. Application led September 16, 1918. Serial 1\`|'o.l 54,203.

spectiveqview of an .installation of the joint rest or chair forming the subject matter hereof. Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly broken away thereof. Fig., 3 is a perspecj tive view of the rest or chair.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the several y views.

In the drawing, 1 1 are the rails of the track, of which 2 is the cross tie, while 3 represents the street paving which need be torn up only adjacent to one rail in order to install the rest or chair hereafterdescribed.

The chair or rest comprises: an elongated y pan or receptacle 4 of sheet metal but which may be of fiber, composition, or other suit* able material adapted to retain its shape while being embedded in the concrete filling of the roady bed. Fitted within the pane is a block 5 of wood or like material which rests upon acushion 6 `of asphaltum or other resilient material. In the event that asphaltum or other semitluid material is employed the wood block 5 is proportioned su'lhciently accurate in relation with the .interior dimensions of the pan or receptacle 4 to form a closure therefor and preventthc oozing of lation beneath the block 5 within the pan 1l;

and embedded in the cushion material 6.

Positioned transversely beneath the pan or receptacle 4 and extending' laterally there beyond in both directions are stay arms or These arms afford a wider bearing for the rest and prevent it tipping ortiltingl while in use. rIhe terminal arms 8 are preferably angle bars while the intermediate arms are flat. asy shown. This however is not an essential feature. These arms may bek of any convenient and suitable shape, and may be proportioned according to the strain to which the device will be' subjected. Located on top of the block l lbe employed.

5 isa plurality ofsurface plates 9@ These platesv comprise two terminal strips transversely arranged and a main plate interme diate the terminal strips. However it is obvious that a lsingle plate covering the entire block or such portion thereof as is necessary toV withstand the shock and Wear, may

Extending through the stay arms 8*,.the

pand, block 5 and surface plates 9 isa'series of clamp bolts 10. These bolts carry clamping heads'll above the surface plates which engage with the base flanges of the rails.

' By means ofthe bolts l0 the'r'ail ends are firmly clamped upon the rest or chair. In applying the'device, aV holeV is excavated beneath the rail joint to be supported. This Vhole is underone side of the track only. The rest or chair is then clamped upon the rail base byl means of the clamp heads l1 and bolts `10, and is thus held suspended.

Gravel or preferably concrete grou-ting is i then tamped beneath the rest or chair until the rail is firmly supported at grade. The track is then preferably, though 'not necessarily left in this condition for a ylimited time while trahie passes over the rails. If it is found that the rest is not firmly bedded or that it is inclined to yield to an abnormal extent, more gravel or grouting is'tamp'ed under until suicient foundation -is afforded` The opening is then filled with grouting'or concrete covering and embedding the lateral arms 8 and firmly fixing the rest in place. The paving material is then relaid in the usual manner.

The inserts 7 afford only a temporary re` sistance to prevent the workmen placing excessive pressure on the cushion material.

These inserts however` disintegrate or gradually give way allowing the block to be supported 'entirely upon the resilient cushion. In the event that the workmen may be trusted to nottighten the clamp bolts excessively, the inserts 7 are omitted. After once being embedded in the road bed the concrete filling conforms to the-block 5 labove the edge of the pan l thereby preventing any displacement of material due to pressure of traflic passing over the rails. From the above description it ,will be apparent that there is thus provided a device of the character described,-possessing the particular features of advantage Vbefore enumerated. as desirable, but which, obviously, is susceptible of modification in its form, proportions, detail. construction or arrangement of parts, without departing from lthe principle involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute,

the inventionhas been described in language more or less specific as to certain structural features, it is to be understoodthatthe linvention is not limited to the specific details shown, but that the means and-construction herein shown and'described, comprises but one .of several modes of putting the invention into effect, and the invention is therefore claimed in any of its forms or modifi-4 cations w-ithin jthe legitimate scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A support forrailway rails, compris ing a single disconnected container, independent of the Vrailway cross tie, a resilient f ycushion therein, a supporting'block resting upon the cushion, and means for attaching the rails to said block. l

2. A rest for railway rails Vcomprisinga block onl which the rails rest,l and kaplurality of cross'varms connected to the block and projecting laterally inopposite directions beyond the block transverselyin relaas' specified.

' 3.4 A support'for railwayl rails comprising a single socket member, a supporting block therein upon which the rails rest, la resilient *p cushion beneath said block and within `said VVtion with the supported rails, substantiallyl which the block rests, and non-yielding tem- 'Y porary supports for said Vblock embedded in said resilient cushion, substantially.v as specified. v v

6'. A support for railway railslcomprising a pan, a resilient cushion therein', a supporting block resting on the oushiointransverse stay arms extending beneath said pan *andl projecting laterally therebeyond, and .clampl` bolts extending through the block, the pan and 'the stay arms adapted to attachthe supported rails to said block. l Y 7. A; support forrailway r-ails comprising a resilient body, a bearing member overly-V ing said'body on which the rails rest, stay arms transversely arranged in relation with the rails extending in opposite directions from the resilient body, and means Vfor attaching specified. .Y

8. A, restfor railwayrails comprising Va Y single receptaclepositioned beneath the rails to be supported and independent of thecross izo Y the rails thereto, substantially as' ties, a body of resilient material therein, a Y

ceptacle, said block" resting upon the resilient body and supporting therail. 9y A rest for railway rails comprising a `sleeper block forming/a closuregfor the rey.

1,413,0e4 e e 3 receptacle positioned in the road bed nde- In vtestimony whereof, I have hereunto pendent of the cross ties, a quantity of set my hand this 9th day of September A. D. asphaltum Within said receptacle, a Wooden v1918. Y

block Iitted within the receptacle forming a RALPH J. "WELLS closure to prevent the escape of asphaltum Witnesses: l When subjected to pressure, said blockriorm- GRACE M. WALKER, ing a rest for the rail. j WILLIAM A. SWANEY. 

